Glove



May as, 1946. .F. TATAR 2, 01,2

GLOVE Filed Dec. 4,1944

' INVVENTOR. Fed Tatar Y 'maqq r ATTORNEYS Patented May 28, 1946 GLOVE Fred Tatar, Gloversville, N. Y.

Application December 4, 1944, Serial No. 566,502

7 Claims.

\ This invention relates to improvements in gloves and has for itsobject the provision of an improved glove which can be made from a single blank or trank, or from a two-piece blank or trank but which will have all the properties and advantages of gloves whose tranks have separate side-wall pieces.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved method of cutting a glove blank or trank so as to involve a minimum of waste.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved method of cutting a glove trank in the most economical fashion and a method. of fabricating the glove with a minimum of labor.

Further objects will be apparent from the specification and drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a complete trank required for the making of one glove, it being understood that the thumb-piece and some fourchettes are separate pieces of the usual kind.

Fig. 2 is a plan view, partly in section, of the finished glove.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional pleted glove.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view along the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

view of the com- In Fig. 1 is shown a plan view of the entire trank for a single glove, exclusiveof the portion forming the thumb, and the fourchette portions, which are later added.

. l0 represents the blank or trank itself, H the various finger pieces, and I2 the opening at which the thumb piece is sewn. If the invention is applied to a mitten or other hand-covering, the trank I0 is correspondingly modified.

One feature of my improved trank is to provide, integral with the trank, the sections [3 and M which become the side-walls of the glove and which have hitherto been always out separately from the trank. In this trank, theside-wa1ls l3 and M are integral parts of the trank. When the trank I0 is folded on the lines l5, I6, 'I 1, it provides the body of theglove and the side-walls of said body.

It will be noted, that the lines l5, l6 and I1 indicated are discontinuous. The trank is cut of the one-piece or two-piece trank along the lines l5, l6 and I 1, save at the uncut and integral spaces S, is one of the important features. Without such slitting, and the subsequent stitching at said slits, the glove would not be a side-wall glove. It might be theoretically possible to fold the trank along fold-lines l5, I6 and H, which have no cuts, but this method of manufacture would be uncertain and difiicult, and the resultant construction would be bulky. By D oviding said slits, I produce a glovewhich has the same comfort and appearance as the expensive side-wall gloves, in which the side-walls are made separately from the trank and then sewed to the trank. I thus produce an economy in labor cost of at least 25%, in comparison with ordinary side-wall gloves. which is now caused when the side-wall pieces are cut separately from the tranks, since the tranks and the side-wall pieces are then cut from separate pieces of leather, which must be matched,

Attention is also called to the fact that the side-wall pieces [3 and I4 are tapered in the operation of cutting the trank, whereas heretofore these side-pieces were first out square and i so or slitted through-and-through along the lines I 5, I6, and I1, save at the spaces S, Where the trank remains uncut. By leaving the trank integral or uncut at said spaces S. the handling of the trank in the completion of the glove and the sewing thereof to complete the glove is much easier, and greater accuracy in the sewing of the glove is attained.

The through-and-through cutting or slitting then were tapered as a separate operation. It willbe manifest that this type of trank can be cut from all kinds of leather as well as fabrics such as cotton, rayon, or other material and is applicable to all types of gloves and mittens. By theinclusion of these de-walls as apart of the original trank, I secure a glove which is superior in appearanceand fit and wear as theinclusion of theseside-pieces in the trank makes a better fitting and a more comfortable glove.

In order to form the body of the'glove from the one-piecetrank which is shown in Fig. 1, said trank is folded along themedian line N. Fig. 1 is to scale, and reference is made thereto for further details. 7

The side edges 20 and 20a of the trank ID are sewed to each other, with the usual type of stitch.

The respective edge-portions of the body of the glove and of the side-wall section l3, are then sewed to each other along the entire line is. This closes the slits along line l6.

In the finished glove, the side-wall piece [3 is preferably folded inwardly along its vertical I also avoid the uncertainty" sectionto the right of line 15.

feature is to provide eithera one-piece trank of each line l and H, to the bottom of each said line. This provides the other side-wall [4 at the thumb part of the glove. Said side-wall i4 is optionally bent inwardly and folded along its longitudinal median line. These stitches, like the stitches along line [6, close the slits in lines l5 and IT.

The inner side of the little finger of the glove is provided with the usual fourchette, and the other three fingers of the gloves are provided with the usual fourchettes,

While it is preferable to use a one-piece trank, some of the advantages of my invention are seof the glove, only at spaced parts thereof, as defined by the spaces S. The side-wall I3 is slitted from the back of the glove at the top and bottom of said side-wall [3. The total length of the slits greatly exceeds the length of the integral parts S between said slits. This applies generally to side wall l4. Each side-wall is integral with a respective finger-portion of the glove, between the top and bottom of said respective fingerportion.

I claim:

,1. A trank for a glove or mitten of the side-wall type, said trank being integral with at least one cured, if the blank is made of two pieces. For

example, if the trank IE] is cut along the line ll, so that the trank is made originally in two main sections, one to the left of line H and the other to the right of line [1, this is within the scope of my invention. In such case, the two halves of the blank can be sewed to each other alongthe edges whichhcorrespond to the complete cut-line ll. Said line It! is the longitudinal median lineof the complete trank.

As analternative which is within the-scope of ,a section ,to the left of-line i5, .and another The important withintegral side-wall-pieces, or to provide a two-piece trank.-each piece of the trank-having a respective side-wall section, or to provide a two-piece trank, one of the-pieces of the trank having two side-wall sections. tant. feature is the originalcutting .of the littlefinger side-wall section with the tapered shape at its top, sothatsaid tapered top portion, in effectprovides a fourchette at the outer edge of the -little-finger of the glove.

It is clear thatthe invention applies to mittens, in which 1 case, the :trank is out without the finger pieces. Hence the invention applies to menstvomenh and childrens gloves and mittens. -When I refer to-a trank in a claim .or-c1aims-, I refer to a member which can formlthe entire body ofa glove-or mitten, or a part. ofsuch body. If the trank all] is thus cut=originally in two sections, as-along thelinellmor the line 15, said sections are-stitched to each otheralong the line H- or the line I 5, thus providing, ,in. effect, a. onepiece blank. a if Numerous otherv changes and ditionscan bemade without departing from the scopeofthis-invention;

Generally speaking, the improved glove ormitten comprises :a back-portion andapalmmortion, said portions being-connected toeach other by the side-walls :l3 and I4. For=convenienrce,- tl' ie side-- wall 13 is "designated as the first side-Walland the side-wall Misdesignatedas the second sidefirst side-wall l3 is-integral with the back-portion or. my invention, .the two-piece ,trank can consist,

Another imporomissions and-ad side-wall section, said side-wall section being foldable relative to said trank along a predetermined fold-line, said trank being cut through-andthrough, only along a part of said fold-line.

2. A glove which comprises a palm-portion and V a back-portion, said portions being connected to each other by a first side-wall and a second sidewall, said first side-wall extending ,from the edge of the opening of said glove substantially to the top of the little finger of said glove, said second side-wall extending from said edge substantially to the top of the first finger of said glove, said first side-wall being integral with said back-portion only at spaced parts of said first side-wall andv said second side-wall being integral with at least one of said portions, only at spaced parts of said second side-wall, each said side-.wall being connected by stitches along each edge of .each side-wall to the respective adjacent portion of said glove, said stitches passing througheachsidewall inwardly of its edges.

3. A glove according to claim 2,.in Which each said side-wall is slitted at its respective ends from the respective adjacent p'ortionpi saidnglove.

v 4. A glove according to claim 2 in whicheach said side-wall is slitted at its respective ends from the respective adjacent portion of said glove, the length of the parts of each said side-wall .at which it is integral with the respective back-portion being less than fifty per cent of the length of the respective side-wall. 7 L,

5. A hand-covering which comprises a palmportion and a back-pQIt 011,,.said portions being connected toeach other, by respect v s df walls, each side-wall being integral with, at leastone of said portions, said hand-coveringhaying longitudinal and .lon itudinallyspaced slits at the respective junct ons b t en eachsaidsid -w l and therespective adjacent portion. of the glove, said slits being closed bystitches.

6. A hand-covering, according to claim ,5, in h ch the total lengtho the lit ateacned of each said side-wall exceeds thetotal length of the respective side-Wall between said slits.

ILAon -piece tr m; for a glov or mit n 0 the side wall type, saidtrank being. inte ral with two side-wall sections, said side-wall section being foldablerelative to said trankalong predeterminediold-lin s, sa d tr n being cu throu and-through, only along a part of said fgldelines.

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